Ray Quotes

I love standup and I haven't given it up.

I lived at home till I was 29.

I like doing film, you know, single-camera.

The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

Nothing like a little chest pain to restore your faith.

People are going to see both of us and think it's an Abbott and Costello kind of thing. It's not an easy switch. It's not an easy transition from TV to film.

I have this mistress: show business.

As an actor, that's nerve-wracking enough [drunk and doing coke] because you have to do it at the right level.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

I do still get intimidated by certain things.

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something.

I do what I do because I love it.

I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.

Mike Royce and I have always had success writing what we know. What we know now is that we're middle-aged, neurotic and fat.

I love hitting into the rough because it gets me close to the people.

You know, a TV show is a slow build.

Adventure is not outside; it is within.

When Lord Kelvin was in this country [U.S.], he said that nothing interested him so much as Mr. Hewitt's work and his vacuum lamp.

They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.

Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way.

Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy.

I originally passed on Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.

I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

I never thought I would get to have my own action figure.

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.

I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said, don't shy away from the violence or pull back on this, commit to this.

When many different voices send you in different directions, you can't listen to your own.

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.

For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it.

The weird thing is, in America, people were saying, "You're not going to get recognized because all you're going to see is basically your forehead and eyes."

There's not a lot of direct back story but you do get to see them playing around each other a lot.

Demand more of yourself.

If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at?

Scoring three away from home - you can't do better than that.

There are more Baptist preachers in Texas than Baptist missionaries in all the world.

Misery loves company, but happy is a better friend.

When you judge others, the issue is almost always with you.